Why I Became a Teacher

Desi Nesmith (CT ’14)

Growing up in a family of educators, teaching is a profession that Desi has always revered.

“I knew at a very young age that I wanted to be a teacher. My father was a fifth-grade teacher in Hartford, Connecticut. My brothers and I would go up in the summer to help set up his classroom. My grandmother was a paraprofessional in the same school. I come from a long line of educators, including aunts, uncles and cousins.” (Principal of Metacomet School in Bloomfield, CT)

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